TX State House & Senate Elections - 2010

[minionofmidas]

Lol at that Trinity of small Rural White Counties voting for White - Falls, Foard & Trinity.
All three gave right about 60% to McCain fwiw (not much - if all rural 60% McCain Counties had gone to White the map would be a fair bit redder.)

[minionofmidas]

The more rural the county, the bigger the difference.  If there is a city of any sort, then there are people who see a benefit of being on a major transportation corridor.

I doubt that that's anything to do with it. Rural areas in the United States vote on candidates and issues. Suburban areas in the United States vote on candidates' partisan affiliation.

[minionofmidas]

I wasn't doubting for one second that the motorway project affected Perry's vote in the area in question. Sounds perfectly reasonable.
It was merely the "in the more urban places, there are people who see a benefit of being on a major transportation corridor" part I considered to be an Occam's Razor Fail. Towns being less affected than rural areas by such a swing - whether on an issue as here, or just a grotesquely bad candidate - is exactly what you would expect.